Read more at Bedtime reading could disadvantage other children, academic says - 9news.com.au
Uhm, what do you think? Is "unfairly" advantaging their children something parents should even concern themselves with or feel bad about? According to the article, it is.
Really?!
We now should consider how our good parenting actions might give our kids an advantage in life while other kids don't have that advantage? We're supposed to feel guilty about that? Maybe we should feel guilty about feeding our children healthy meals and providing them with warm, functional clothing too.
This story made my head hurt. I don't see that he was seriously suggesting that bedtime reading be discouraged, but at the same time I think that framing the story in that way to "get attention" was seriously irresponsible and boneheaded.
And even it it does seriously disadvantage those who don't get read to, so what? Stop it, already! Stop trying to drag everybody down to the lowest common denominator. Geez!
The scary thing is that somebody actually said something this stupid out loud.
Maybe we could help them "step up" by giving them free coupons for books every now and then or something.
"Two-thirds of America’s children living in poverty have no books at home, and the number of families living in poverty is on the rise. Many public and school libraries are being forced to close or reduce their operating hours. Children who do not have access to books and do not read regularly are among the most vulnerable Americans." from: Literacy Issues
"When we imagine people without books, we think of villagers in places like Afghanistan. But many families in the United States have no children’s books at home. In some of the poorest areas of the country, it’s hard to find books for sale. A study (pdf) of low-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia, for example, found a ratio of one book for sale for every 300 children. Tens of millions of poor Americans can’t afford to buy books at all." from: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/a-book-in-every-home-and-then-some/?_r=0
You need to get out more. Equally stupid things are being said all the time.
Then again, being stupid is a fundamental human right.
I get out enough, but it is still scary that people can think like this. What got ****ed up in their lives to think like this.
I bet he was read to as a kid, and now he feels guilty.
I should take a picture of all the books I've read aloud to my class this year. It's a massive pile.
So how does this fit with what this guy said? It sound like all the kids in your class are receiving the same benefits from getting read to.
So because there are some parents that are terrible and don't care about their children, all parents should purposely not help tap into their child's potential. Makes sense.
Attention grabbing nonsense. It's sounds like something a conservative would come up with to parody his skewed perception of liberal thinking.
I agree with you often, but you're off on this one. I thought it was an extreme hyper-liberal being serious until I read the story and realized he was only doing it for effect.
Man I was starting to think I was the only one who actually read the thing.
I agree with you often, but you're off on this one. I thought it was an extreme hyper-liberal being serious until I read the story and realized he was only doing it for effect.
You seem to think if you just give families a bunch of free books, then all of the parents will magically be able to and want to read them to their children. This is a very naive way of thinking. So, no, it doesn't solve both problems. Some parents truly just don't care.
A lot of Americans have serious problems in many areas demonstrated by their lack of parenting skills, lack of concern for their child's education and lack of self-control. Money is one of the LAST reasons why a child comes to school significantly less educated than his peers.
Nowhere did I say anything about all parents. My mother read to me as a child so I can appreciate nuance as an adult. Not everyone was so fortunate.
Who do you think didn't educate their parents or their parents' parents?
So how does this fit with what this guy said? It sound like all the kids in your class are receiving the same benefits from getting read to.
Read more at Bedtime reading could disadvantage other children, academic says - 9news.com.au
Uhm, what do you think? Is "unfairly" advantaging their children something parents should even concern themselves with or feel bad about? According to the article, it is.
Right. And kids who break the cycle, through intent and purpose, are actually pretty rare.It's a vicious cycle, of course. Bad parents many times have kids who grow up to be bad parents and so on.
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